(v. t.) A high degree of gratification of mind; a high- wrought state of pleasurable feeling; lively pleasure; extreme satisfaction; joy.
(v. t.) That which gives great pleasure or delight.
(v. t.) Licentious pleasure; lust.
(v. t.) To give delight to; to affect with great pleasure; to please highly; as, a beautiful landscape delights the eye; harmony delights the ear.
(v. i.) To have or take great delight or pleasure; to be greatly pleased or rejoiced; -- followed by an infinitive, or by in.
Example Sentences:
(1) Van Persie's knee injury meant that Mata could work in tandem with the delightfully nimble Kagawa, starting for the first time since 22 January.
(2) Some offer a range, depending on whether you think you're a bit of a buff, and know a pinot meunier from a pinot noir and what prestige cuvée actually means or you just want to see a bit of the process and have a nice glass of bubbly at the end of it, before moving on to the next place – touring a pretty corner of France getting slowly, and delightfully, fizzled.
(3) Speaking about the player, who scored crucial goals for England during qualification for the 2014 World Cup, Hodgson said: “Andros was unlucky to lose his place in the squad when he wasn’t getting a regular game and he’s gone to Newcastle, got a regular game, and done very well there.” Expressing his delight in being selected, Townsend tweeted: “Huge honour to be named in provisional England squad for the euros ... Will give my all over next few weeks to try to make final squad!” Hodgson also declared himself pleased to include Jordan Henderson, who returned to action for Liverpool in Sunday’s 1-1 draw with West Bromwich Albion having been out since early April with damaged knee ligaments.
(4) Going forward, I am delighted to take on the roles of both director and ambassador for the club.
(5) "I'm delighted we've been able to agree a deal with Sporting Lisbon and with Ricky and we look forward to welcoming him to the squad in July, once all of the paperwork gets sorted out."
(6) "Well…" His delightful press secretary, Lena, starts giggling as her boss tries to unknot himself from this contradiction.
(7) The other is a flamboyant showman who delights in peroxide mohicans and driving a variety of fast cars – most notably, perhaps, an army camouflage Bentley Continental GT.
(8) "I am delighted we have achieved this result," Key said.
(9) His institute has also calculated the centre of the continent of Europe to be in Lithuania, much to the delight of the village of Purnuškės.
(10) In fact, it was Howard who first introduced a teenage Martin Amis to the delights of reading when she gave him a copy of Pride and Prejudice .
(11) Afternoon Delights doesn't have anything approaching a mission statement – it's just two middle-aged men arsing about, frankly – but its gleeful anarchism can be riotously funny: witness the pair as free runners, declaring "war against the urban environment", or their magnificently coiffed Rock'n'Rollers, with the aid of subtitles, showing off their moves on the streets of Ashford, Kent.
(12) Jane Baxter's stuffed courgette flowers Stuffed courgette flowers Photograph: Rob White You can't get much more summery than courgette flowers – Jane Baxter's take on these light crispy fried delights (use a vegetarian parmesan-style cheese ).
(13) He seemed delighted to see everyone, he agreed with everything that was said to him, he was all benignity and good fellowship."
(14) And I’m delighted that Tony Hall has signalled that high-quality British drama is a major editorial priority for him, one he plans to invest in.
(15) Lord Roberts, a Liberal Democrat peer, told the Observer he was delighted Muazu was back in the UK but horrified that he had been forced to endure the attempted removal.
(16) How delightful that the anti-marriage group is known as Blag and opposed by Glad – which has more background : [The] ruling comes with respect to claims brought by six married same-sex couples and one widower from the states of Connecticut, New Hampshire and Vermont who were denied federal tax, social security, pension and family medical leave protections only because they are (or were) married to someone of the same sex.
(17) Mr Gates's publishers will have been delighted by the response he provoked.
(18) Luzhkov's many enemies, meanwhile, today expressed delight at the dismissal.
(19) Last week, I was delighted to meet four of these highly committed, talented recruits, together with their supervising consultant social workers from Newham, east London.
(20) The same-sex marriage bill became law, greeted with delight by the gay community and suspicious resentment by many Tories.
Goody
Definition:
(n.) A bonbon, cake, or the like; -- usually in the pl.
(n.) An American fish; the lafayette or spot.
(n.) Goodwife; -- a low term of civility or sport.
Example Sentences:
(1) Good mental health brings with it a whole lot of goodies in Santa’s stocking, because after all, physical fitness and wealth are meaningless without it.
(2) Barratt asked if he'd like to help him create a modern-day Goodies .
(3) But in the past year one towered above the others as if not the biggest then the most extraordinary media story of the year – the death of Jade Goody.
(4) From a red box packed with goodies for the old, George Osborne also pulled one policy affecting the other end of the age spectrum which, it must be hoped, will ultimately prove as important as his sweeping pensions proposals.
(5) He is likely to announce some goodies in his March budget to support colleagues in both fights, but within the current spending straitjacket.
(6) It was probably the seminal boxing match of all time, the dramatic unities perfectly in place: perceived goodie v baddie, impossible odds, totally unforeseen outcome.
(7) Oh goody – cheaper driving, and more cars on the roads.
(8) Occasionally it has been unobtrusive – such as Nationwide's sponsorship of the cash machine in Dev's corner shop in Coronation Street – but elsewhere it's been jarring – such as ITV's deal with Samsung for The X-Factor , which led to scenes of contestants squealing with delight to receive goody bags of Samsung gadgets, and turned every phone call and video diary entry into a mini-plug for the brand.
(9) But the neat side-parting isn't the goody-goody look it once was.
(10) According to reports , the Goody wedding issue of Richard Desmond's celebrity gossip magazine sold 1.8 million copies, more than three times its average circulation of 508,504 in the second half of 2008.
(11) Major role The judge told one of them, Douglas Gordon Goody, that during the trial he had noted signs that he was capable of inspiring the admiration of the other accused.
(12) It defended its tribute issue and revealed that it had contacted Goody's family since publication and that they understood the tribute issue and viewed it as being "very kind".
(13) Most of the Labour team now agree this involves taking risks, and a collation of small-bore policy goodies will not do.
(14) Viewers have contacted the regulator over what they saw as alleged racism by housemates Jade Goody, Danielle Lloyd and Jo O'Meara towards Shilpa.
(15) In response to media inquiries, Fifa’s ethics committee confirmed that 65 of the watches had been handed out in goodie bags during the Congress that preceded the World Cup.
(16) In broadcasting Jade Goody's tirades, Endemol and Channel 4 were not condoning her behaviour, but affording the public the opportunity to evaluate her behaviour alongside that of other housemates and vote to decide who should be allowed to stay in the house.
(17) With our politics increasingly polarised , it saddens me to see my students being initiated – deliberately or not – into an essentially Manichaean view of politics, with a checklist of “goodies” (leftists, trade unions, Corbyn) and “baddies” (Tories, Brexiteers, anyone who uses the phrase British values without irony).
(18) magazine publishing a "tribute issue" to the terminally ill Jade Goody while she is still alive, the Press Complaints Commission will not investigate the complaints.
(19) April-May 2006 Mulcaire hacks into phones of John Prescott, Boris Johnson, Tessa Jowell, Gwyneth Paltrow, George Michael, Vanessa Feltz and Jade Goody.
(20) Clifford – who has made millions looking after clients as varied as Frank Sinatra, Freddie Starr, Jade Goody, Rebecca Loos and Kerry Katona – argued that there needs to be a clear "halfway house" between protecting privacy and freedom of speech, and newspapers should be forced to justify publishing stories about people's personal lives.